Role of the septum in the excitatory effect of corticotropin-releasing hormone on the acoustic startle reflex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 6424-6433

  Lee, Younglim ^a   Davis, Michael ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH); Fimbria; Hippocampus; Septum; Startle; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS;

EID: 0030843713     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-16-06424.1997     Document Type: Article

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